A Danville man convicted of exposing himself to a 5-year-old boy at a Moraga health club was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days electronic home detention and three years probation, and was ordered to register as a sex offender, attorneys said.

Pornthep Suvanasarn, 23, was convicted by a jury in July of one misdemeanor count each of indecent exposure, and annoying or molesting a child in connection with the March 14, 2011, incident, which occurred when Suvanasarn was a 24 Hour Fitness employee.

The jury acquitted him of two additional misdemeanor counts involving a second child, a girl who was also 5.

Suvanasarn was working in the gym’s drop-off child care center when authorities say he exposed himself. He was a Saint Mary’s College student at the time but has since graduated.

— Malaika Fraley, Staff

Concord

Police: Man shot after ‘less lethal force’ tried

A Concord man shot during a confrontation with police Monday was a felon in possession of a firearm who was shot only after “less lethal force” was attempted, police said Tuesday.

Police said 40-year-old Jason Michael Kearny will be OK after he was shot in the driveway of his home in the 2200 block of Blackfield Drive. Kearny told police he was armed and suicidal when they showed up at 8:09 a.m., Concord police Lt. Steve Dyer said.

Police said the man was armed with a pistol and was a threat to officers, other residents and a family member inside the home. Residents were ordered to shelter in place briefly during the incident.

Kearny, who was treated at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm after police found a handgun in a large fish tank in the home. He also is expected to be charged with assault with a deadly weapon and obstructing or resisting an officer in performance of their duties by force or violence, Dyer said.

— Rick Hurd, Staff

TRACY

Suspect pleads not guilty to rape, murder

A Tracy man charged with the rape and murder of a motel owner in July pleaded not guilty in a Stockton courtroom Monday.

Stephen Andrew Carreiro, 25, is accused of raping and killing Lalitaben Patel, 62, at the Hacienda Inn in Tracy on July 7. He is also accused of assaulting Patel’s 84-year-old mother.

Patel’s mother survived the attack, but Lalitaben Patel died from her injuries.

Patel was the third homicide victim in Tracy this year.

According to police reports, officers responding to the scene found Carreiro naked and said that he resisted arrest.

Carreiro, originally from Virginia, is a former Army private who was administratively discharged in July 2010.

Carreiro is scheduled to return to Superior Court on Nov. 26 for a preliminary hearing of the evidence against him. A judge will decide if there is adequate evidence to take the case to trial. Carreiro is being held without bail at the San Joaquin County Jail.

— Katie Nelson, Staff

Pleasanton

Website for youths, families makes debut

A new, youth-centric website designed around the needs and interests of youths and families has debuted.

Ptownlife.org is a site whose web team includes Pleasanton teens who guide its design and content. Student volunteers promote the site, report on new and interesting things happening in the community, take photos and write articles.

The website is a result of the Pleasanton Youth Master Plan.

Community youth organizations interested in participating in the website must become a registered member. Ptownlife.org partners are featured with a profile page with contacts, a website link, program details, services and products offered. Organization special events can also be added to the calendar, and youth job opportunities can be posted.

A Berkeley man was arraigned Tuesday on five counts of tax evasion and one count of stealing $80,000 in Social Security checks.

Hugh Leslie Baras, 68, is accused of filing false tax returns from 2006 through 2009. The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges Baras told the Internal Revenue Service his income was $193,385 with a tax due of $29,705 for those years, when his income really was $1.1 million with a tax due of $406,447.

An Aug. 30 indictment said Baras took Social Security payments that he was not entitled to from 2006 through 2009. At the time of the indictment, he was not in custody. If Baras is convicted and given the maximum prison sentence, he could get 15 years in prison and a fine of about $1.7 million.